Household classification, family diversity and poverty risks in Europe: Addressing a North-Western bias

Wim Van Lancker, Alzbeta Bartova, Max Thaning, Rense Nieuwenhuis, Research group on Social, Political and Population Change , KU Leuven, Department of Economics, Leiden University, the Netherlands, Swedish Institute for Social Research , Stockholm University

Journal of European Social Policy

Published online on February 27, 2026

Abstract

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European statistics and policies commonly rely on household typologies that classify households based on the number of adults and children living together. However, these typologies overlook family relationships and classify any non-standard arrangement ...